metadata

Use the metadata command to recover a virtualization table.

Syntax

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>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -rebuildcluster-------------------><

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>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -scan-- -- -file--filename_arg----->

>-- -- -disk--UID_arg-- -- -start--start_arg-- ----------------->

>--+----------------+------------------------------------------><
   '- -end--end_arg-'   

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>>- satask -- metadata -- -- -dump-- -- -disk--UID_arg-- -- -start--start_arg-><

Parameters

satask
System Administrator task; service commands that are only used in specific circumstances.
-rebuildcluster
(Required) Creates a cluster from the metadata found in /dumps/t3_recovery.bin created by the -dump process.
-scan
(Optional) Scan the specified MDisk or drive for system metadata.
-dump
(Required) Dump metadata from the specified MDisk or drive to file /dumps/t3_recovery.bin
-end end_arg
(Optional) The last LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.
-file filename_arg
(Required) Specifies the file in which you want the results of a scan operation. The file is placed into the node in the directory /dumps , and can be retrieved using Secure Copy (scp). The file can be subsequently cleaned using the cleardumps command.
-disk UID_arg
(Required) Specifies the UID of the MDisk or drive that you want to scan, or remove a dump from.
-start start_arg
(Required) Specifies the following conditions:
  • When used with -scan: The first LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.
  • When used with -dump: The first LBA at which the metadata resides (as reported in the scan file).

Description

Use this command to recover a virtualization table.

Use the lscmdstatus command to see the status of the command.

An invocation example

satask metadata -scan -file scan.0.xml -disk 600a0b80000f14ee0000008e4146bdee00000000000000000000000000000000 -start 0

The resulting output:

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